1.Valley fold in half.Then valley fold both top
edges down to center.TURN OVER
2.Valley fold corners in.Valley fold both
lower flaps up along botton edge of bill
and tuck inside.TURN OVER
3.Vally fold center edges to outside edges and
onfold.This fold will be used later on when
forming the top and bottom wings.Again,
TURN OVER
4.Valley fold botton deges to outside edges.
Fold the top layer only and only to center.
See next step.
5.Colapse in half.To colapse lift center and
fold left half over right half.This is a natural
colapse along existing folds.This picture
is halfway into the colapse.See next step
to see what it will look like when finished.
6.Now you are going to open the colapse
you just made but in a different direction.
Take the top flap and lift it up and to the
left.This will from a triangle flap on the
under side.See next step.
7.Inside reverse fold two lower points.
See next step.
8.Twist and pull pionts that you just made
down to form tails.See next step.
9.This is what you want to end up with.
Pulling helps elongate tails.
TURN OVER.
10.Lift triangle flap up and squash fold.
See next step.
11.Inside reverse fold to narrow body.
12.Crimp head and tuck inside.Narrow body
more by folding edges under.See next step.
13.Mountain fold in half along center of body.
14.Valley fold line A which follows line of lower body .Pepete behind.
15.Valley fold along line B from last step.
Repete behind.See next step.
16.Crimp top wing down over existing landmark fold
from step 3.(approx 1/8 inch)
Finshed Butterfly
This butterfly was designed useing the base of another butterfly by Dokuohtei Nakano.The origonal
butterfly had no tails or wing separation and was made for a 2-1 rectandgle.In creating this butterfly l
omitted some folds from the origonal base and added others.The extra paper im a dollar bill allowed
for the addition of tails.The end result is a dramatic difference in the look .If you want to see the
origonal butterfly it can be found in the book "Complete"by Eric Kenneway on page 36.
Butterfly Adapted of a dollar bill by Joe
Gilardi all rights reserved.You may use
this design for persomal or non profit.If
used in any other way please contact me.
If used im a publication I will in most cases only request a copy.Enjoy!Joe.
Variation of butterfly
Folding pattern
Dollar Bill Butterfly By Joe Gilardi All rights Reserved 1999